On the first and second days, Qatar’s national team competed at the World Youth Athletics Championships currently being held in Barcelona, where Qatari runner Hamza Driouch qualified for the final of the 1500m after finishing first in his second heat with a time of 3:38.06, out of 37 runners who took part in the event divided into 3 heats, with the top three from each heat advancing along with the next best 3 times, bringing the number of finalists to 12, who will contest the final at 8:30pm on Thursday 12/7/2012, including 3 Arab runners: Hamza Driouch of Qatar and two Moroccan runners, Mohamed Abbad and Abdelhadi Lbabli,
In the first round of the 400m hurdles, Qatari runner Jamal Abdennasser Abubaker qualified for the semi-final after finishing second in his sixth heat with a time of 51.93 seconds, out of 45 runners from various countries divided into 7 heats, with the top two from each heat advancing along with the next best 3 times among the remaining runners, bringing the number of semi-finalists to 24, including 3 Arab runners. They will be divided into 3 heats, with the top two from each heat advancing along with the best two remaining times to reach the final of the 400m hurdles, to be held on Thursday 12/7/2012, where Qatari runner Jamal Abdennasser will be in the second heat, Saudi runner Ibrahim Mohammed Saleh in the first heat, and Tunisian runner Reda Sayeh in the third heat,
Qatari runner Eid Abdullah Al Kuwari took part in the 100m and finished sixth in his heat with a time of 10.95 seconds, being eliminated in the heats in which 81 runners from various countries competed. High jumper Moamer Issa Barshim also took part in the high jump and finished sixth in the first group with a height of 2.14m, failing to qualify for the final, given that 5 jumpers who cleared the same height of 2.14m qualified for the final, the placings among them decided in their favour by having fewer failed attempts. The championship will continue until Sunday 15/7/2012, with several Qatari runners due to take part in the coming days’ events: Hamza Driouch, Ashraf Amjad, Hashim Salah, Jamal Hairan, Muayad Mohammed and Jamal Abdennasser.
